1919
40410
TELEGRAM TO THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE'S COMMISSARS OF UKRAINE
26 May 1919

The Council of Defense proposes to begin immediately vigorous loading of coal from Mariupol to Petrograd, [ordering] the port commander. In case of resistance from Makhno, immediately obtain coal through commodity exchange with him, sending fabrics and other items to Mariupol by the shortest route.

Chairman of the Council of Defense
Lenin

Printed from typewritten copy.

14736

ON SECURING LABOR POWER FOR THE SIMBIRSK AMMUNITION FACTORY
(RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE, 26 MAY 1919)

a) Instruct the GAU to submit within a two-week period precise information on how many and which exactly workers are needed by the Simbirsk factory.

b) Obligate the People's Commissariat of Labor to provide the necessary number of workers.

c) Inform the Central Administration of Artillery Factories that failure to submit information will entail the strictest responsibility.

Chairman of the Council of Defense
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

Printed from Protocol No. 41 of the session of the Council of Defense, 26 May 1919.

LENIN COLLECTION
40840

TELEGRAM TO THE DEPUTY PEOPLE'S COMMISSAR FOR MILITARY AFFAIRS OF UKRAINE
Kharkov
28 May 1919

The Council of Defense on the 26th of this month resolved to move immediately all workers from Kharkov without exception to the defense of Lugansk. Execute this resolution in the shortest possible time, not stopping short of the most extreme and decisive measures, applying the highest measure of punishment against those who disobey, who lag behind, and who are negligent. Your telegram about sending 3,853 astonishes me with the insignificance of the number. At this pace one cannot achieve victory. Intensify the work. Report immediately. If you leave, indicate your substitute.

Chairman of the Council of Defense
Lenin

Printed from handwritten copy.

4206

DIRECTIVE OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF PEOPLE'S COMMISSARS OF UKRAINE
28 May 1919

Concentrate all forces in the Donbass, remove from the Western Front everything possible, reducing to a minimum all active operations on your Western Front, send authorized representatives to Kharkov and Yekaterinoslav for the most complete and energetic mobilization of workers for the Southern Front under their personal responsibility.

Lenin

Printed from typewritten original with V. I. Lenin's inscription: "by cipher. Kiev."